Rate my 4 month bulk pls

[HollisterHB]

Cliffs:
- Always been pretty tall and lanky
- Lifted on and off since high school
- little more serious in college but diet was horrible
- hurt my lower back really bad doing deads this past summer
- Started back up in the gym in September for my first bulk

Height 6' 2"
Starting weight - 195 lbs
Current weight - between 205 - 208

I've been eating between 3000 - 4000 cals a day. ~ 80% clean.

Please let me know what you think. What I need work on and if I should cut anytime soon. I was planning on bulking until the end of March and start cutting back cals and upping my cardio in April.

[1yeartobig]

good job

[Lawlzorz]

good job

dave man

[Mirinmebrahs]

Good progress brah,what are your goals?I'd keep going and add another 15-20lbs if I were you.

[Dgwear]

damn you got some really nice bulk on your shoulders and traps keep up the good work

[Murphy_Dee_Raptors]

Good bulk, looks like you definitely have some more muscle under there

[HollisterHB]

Good progress brah,what are your goals?I'd keep going and add another 15-20lbs if I were you.

Ideally I'd like to be around 205-210lbs but at a lower body fat%. I'm still not even close to where I want to be. These are what I've been trying to accomplish during this bulk.

- I have one of those chests that caves in the middle so my inner/upper pec is undeveloped compared to the rest of my chest. Really trying to fill that out.

- I have a skinny ass neck

- My wheels are a work in progress but have seen some good gains in the past couple months

- Not happy about my back. Been staying away from deadlifts because of my back injury which I think is making it a lot tougher to improve the mass on my back.

damn you got some really nice bulk on your shoulders and traps keep up the good work

thanks brah. i used to skip doing shoulders when I leisurely worked out in college lol. My shoulders have gotten a lot stronger since the start of this bulk.

[gymlifter1]

good progress so far keep it up

[bradlehman]

Nice bulk so far. I suggest adding some lats. Not a lot of V-taper going on from what these pics show.

[rocky_mtn]

Looks like a succesful bulk, good job!

[straightsix]

definetly looking bigger. your stats are pretty close to mine and im planning on starting my cut in the begining of March too. Looks like you made decent gains in your chest too.
You should look pretty good after a cut. Hopefully me too.

[HollisterHB]

Nice bulk so far. I suggest adding some lats. Not a lot of V-taper going on from what these pics show.

thanks brah, really trying to get those wings

definetly looking bigger. your stats are pretty close to mine and im planning on starting my cut in the begining of March too. Looks like you made decent gains in your chest too.
You should look pretty good after a cut. Hopefully me too.

thanks, never really cut before but looking forward to upping my cardio. ideally i'd like to add 10-15 more lbs before I cut but we'll see how the next couple months go.

[LiftingPeanuts]

Nice progress. Keep at the bulk. Add barbell rows if you're not doing them. They seem to be helping my lats come out more than anything else.

[Clewallen11]

why do people just NOT do abs because they are bulking???? i dont understand this...

[HollisterHB]

why do people just NOT do abs because they are bulking???? i dont understand this...

wut?

[Clewallen11]

wut?

Like the overall bulk looks good! good chest build arms..BUT! just because its a bulk, you can still hit abs and put in some training in the mid section....

[HollisterHB]

Like the overall bulk looks good! good chest build arms..BUT! just because its a bulk, you can still hit abs and put in some training in the mid section....

i never said i didn't do abs. i hit abs/obliques twice a week and hit them pretty hard. But considering it's a bulk people usually gain body fat which means that abs won't be as visible or visible at all until they cut.

[Clewallen11]

i never said i didn't do abs. i hit abs/obliques twice a week and hit them pretty hard. But considering it's a bulk people usually gain body fat which means that abs won't be as visible or visible at all until they cut.

Idk..Could be wrong, but ive always been told that a clean bulk you can keep abs. but w/e everyone is different good bulk!

[HollisterHB]

Idk..Could be wrong, but ive always been told that a clean bulk you can keep abs. but w/e everyone is different good bulk!

my avi pic is from like a week ago and i can kinda see abs (didn't really have abs to begin with anyway.) I think im just super bloated in the pic i posted. thanks for the compliments brah

[Clewallen11]

Seeing the obliques trying to peak through! i am not trying to lose weight but i dont want to bulk either i just eat normal and workout hard may add some extra stuff here and there but, i do like a 10min warm up jog and it gets my blood going and my workouts seem to be much more effective then if i stab at them cold

[IronDGM]

good inner back thickness. getting there